37.949, Books: Contrastive Grammar in Use: Mahler (2026)

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Date: 04-Mar-2026
From: Rosanna Woensdregt [rosanna.woensdregt at degruyterbrill.com]
Subject: Contrastive Grammar in Use: Mahler (2026)


Title: Contrastive Grammar in Use
Subtitle: Quantitative Perspectives on the Verb Phrase in English and
German
Series Title: Language and Computers: Studies in Digital Linguistics
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill
           https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en
Book URL: https://brill.com/display/title/73387

Author(s): Hanna Mahler

ISBN hardback: 978-90-04-74696-1
ISBN e-book: 978-90-04-74812-5
DOI: 10.1163/9789004748125

Abstract:

If there is one speculation about English and German that has pervaded
scholarly work within contrastive linguistics as well as language
teaching and translation handbooks for decades, it is probably the
assumption of a more “verbal style” in English compared to German.
Settling this question once and for all, the present book provides a
comprehensive comparison of verbal style in English and German that
pays due attention to language-internal variation by mode and register
at the same time.
Readership: The book is intended for scholars in contrastive
linguistics, particularly those working on English–German comparisons.
It also serves as a methodological reference for researchers
developing quantitative, corpus‑based approaches in linguistics. The
detailed, usage‑based analysis of non‑finite structures will interest
authors of language‑learning and translator‑training materials, while
the link it draws between corpus‑based contrastive linguistics and
token‑based typology makes it relevant for typologists as well.

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Syntax
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     German (deu)

Language Family(ies): Germanic
                      Indo-European

Written In: English (eng)



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